Yes, of course. International work has to be planned a long time in advance. Not only are people already working on the next season, which is pretty well completed, but we are working on the one that follows it. Foreign companies and festivals are now afraid to invite Canadian artists, because we can no longer guarantee that there will be funding available for transportation costs, which are usually covered. So, everybody is in a waiting game at this point. They want to know what will happen in Canada.
On March 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.